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lie it known that I, HERMAN lVns'rLlNo,

residing` at a citizen li'l u dson s titate et tain new oi which the 'l'ollotvnni` is a. reference being` had therein to the aceomi iul improvement ture oi same.

SON, MASSACHUSETTS, SSACHUSET'S. A CORORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO APSLEY RUBBER SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

.application filed November 24, 1919. Serial No. 340,166.

om may concern:

of the 4United States,

in 'the county ot l\"liddlesex and and useful improvement in drawings.

lllassachusetts, have invented a cer- Shoes,

speci tication,

Vll`he invention relates to a new and usein shoes and the manuiaclt has speoialre'ference to rubbcr-soled shoes, and is more particularly liti intended to be applied toV use in the rnanu- 'l'acture ot canvas-topped shoes, although not necessarily limited ln the to canvas shoes.-

manufacture ot rubber-soled shoes heretofore it has been impracticable vide a steel shan reason of the fact that the en'd steelshank has a tendency to cut the sole or cause the sole to crack transversely 'tliereot f at the object ot the prese vide suoli a construe is prevented from cutting :il ti breaking 'l` he invention will be or causi of the outer sole.

when taken in connection with the 3M panying will be the claims ln the nab sectional view and insolemo-unte( thereto, t

verse slot for the passage of Fig. 2 Fig. 3 as llg.

drawings, and the novel f drawings, Figure l is a he i'ubberzed the steel is a detail View of the steel to prok incorporated into the shoe of the rubber end of the steel shank. The

nt linvention is to protion that the steel shank ng the fully understood ElCCOIIP- eatures defined 1n shank.

shank.

is a sectionalview on the same line l, showing the duced into position with relation to sole `and Fig. l tti rig. 5

lill ted lines.

rig. e

rubberized cloth coverings'.-

steel shank introthe inis a detail plan View of the leveling vis asectional view it has been lasted is a bottom plan view ot ai'ter the parts are assembled, as sh lli?. `lteierr fui' sente the f. 5, before the outer mp,r now to the drawings,

last the canvas upper an member surrounding the steel shank.

showing the and the level bled with the other parts,

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a shoe own In sole is attached.

i repreinner sole. On the bottom 4of the inner sole there is cemented a covering;r Il ot' thin iiexible material, preferably rubberized cloth, havingl a rubberized face outside. A slit 5 is formed inthe rubberized cloth in a transverse direction ot' the inner sole, as shown in Figs. l and (3, this slit being of a width, to readily admit thelinsertion of one end of a steel shank 6. The steel shank (l is formed with a hole 7 near the rear end to form a tack hole. The slit 5 is formed in the rubberized cloth just back of the ball of the shoe. The forward end of' the steel shank is inserted through the slit 5 and slipped forward under the-rubberized cloth a short distance as shown in. Fig. 3. The rubberized cloth can easily be loosened up at that point sutiieient to allow the introduction oi the steel shank.

The rear end of the steel shank extends backward as usual in the use oi steel shanks, preferably extending back somewhat onto the heel portion oiZ the inner sole. The reaiyend ot the shank is held down in position by means ot' a tack S which passes through the hole 7 in the steel shank and is driven into the insole'to hold it in position.

At this stage in the construction ot the shoe the steel shank is exposed, except that portion at the 'forward end which is slipped through the slit, and this leaves lying lifted up portion ot' the rubberized cloth forming` a slight projection 9 equal to the thickness of the rubberized cloth and extending;r the length of the overlapped portion of the steel shank. Where the steel tlll DVBT-- rear of the slit, the said steel shank forms a protuberance equal to its own thickness. For that reason I provide a leveling piece to cover that portion of the shank and -heel portion oi the inner sole which surrounds the steel shank so as to form a more level surface. This leveling member is shown in Fig. 4 and consists of a piece of flexible material, preferably rubberized cloth 10 which may be a little thicker than the rub berized sheet 4:, previously referred to as applied to the insole. It should be about the thickness of the steel shank. This level ing member 10 is shaped in contour to'ft the heel and shahk portion of the insole and to extend some distance `t'oriward of the shank portion of the sole up onto the ball.

This leveling member is formed with se slot 11 of the size and shape of the steel shank 6, so that when the said leveling member is applied to the inner sole the steel shank member will lie within said s lot and all other parts will be covered by the leveling member. This will bring the face of the leveling member up to the level of the outer face of the steel shank. l f desiredthe leveling member may be skived down toward the forward end as shown Ain Fig. 5.

The outer sole ll2 and welt 13 maygthen be'applied and the outer sole stitched to the welt by stitches 14, as shown in Fig. 5, and the shoe is then vulcanized to unite the outer sole and inner sole the rubberized intermediate sheet 4 and covering layer having a transverse slit end portion o f the metal shank lying between said covering layer and the inner sole, the other portion of said shank member extending rearwardly over the outer face of the shank portion of the inner sole, a leveling member extending from the heel portion forward over the shank portion of the inner Soleto a point forward of said metal shank, said leveling member having a recess therein which receives the said metal shank member, and an outer sole for the bottom of the shoe.

2. A rubber-soled shoe having an inner sole, a covering layer of rubberized cloth on the bottom of the inner sole, said covering layer having a transverse slit therein at the forward part of the shank portion thereof,

a metal shank member .which extends through said slit, the forward end portion of the metal shank lying betiveii said coverthrough the medium of inner sole, said the inner sole.

ing layer and the inner sole, the other portion of said shank member extending rearwardly over the outer face of the shank portion of the inner sole, a leveling member extending from the heel portion forward overlthe shank portion of the inner sole to a point forward of said metal shank, said leveling member having a recess therein which receives the said metal shank member, and an outer sole for the bottom of the shoe.

3. A rubber-soled shoe having an inner sole, a covering layer of rubberized cloth on the bottom of the inner sole, said covering layer having a transverse slit therein at the forward part of the shank portion thereof, a metal shank member which extends through said slit, the forward end portion of the metal shank lying between said covering layer and the inner sole, the other portion of said shank member extendingr rearwardly over the outer face of the shank portion of the inner sole, a leveling member composed of rubberized cloth extending from the heel portion forward over the shank portion of the inner sole to a point forward in said metal shank, said leveling member having a slot therein which receives the said metal shank member, and a rubber outer sole for the bottom of the shoe.

4. A rubber-soled shoe, having an 'inner sole, a covering layer of rubberized cloth on the bottom of the inner solo, said rubberized cloth having a transverse slit therein at the forward part of the shank portion thereof, a metal shank member which extends through said slit, the forward end portion lying between the said rubberized cloth and the inner sole, the greater portion of said shank member extending rearwardly over the outer face of the shank portion ofthe shoe and fastened at its end to a leveling member composed of rubberized cloth extending over the outer face of the inner sole from the heel portion to a point forward of said metal shank, said leveling member having a recess opening therein which receives the said-.n.ietal shank a rubber outer inner sole. whereof l ailix my signature. lflllMlU( lVllS'llllNG.

member, and 'solo' which covers the said In testimony 

